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Anthropomorphization is not inherently wrong, and in some instances, it actually lets you reason better about about complex behavior than whatever convoluted (a
by famouswaffles 5mo ago
Anthropomorphization is not inherently wrong, and in some instances, it actually lets you reason better about about complex behavior than whatever convoluted (and often wrong, especially in the case of giant neural networks) mechanistic description one might conjure.
Here the analogy isn't without reason.
- DonHopkins 5mo agoIs it "Anthropicmorphization" when Claud treats human beings like LLMs?
- sillysaurusx 5mo agoInteresting question. Is there an actual term for that? It’s like inverse anthropomorphization, but not quite.
- incognito124 5mo agoMechanomorphisation
- bouncing_bolete 5mo agoDehumanization, assuming this wasn't sarcasm
- forshaper 5mo agoWason Selection task performance improvements based on social framing suggest that it's easier for us to think about problems when some anthropomorphization is going on. https://www.cep.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Cogadapt.pdf https://www.cep.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Cogadapt...
- gabriela_c 5mo agoFeels like we're having a computer world Jane Goodall moment.
- pfdietz 5mo agoWe shouldn't anthropomorphize LLMs. They hate it when you do that.
- godshatter 5mo ago[flagged]